In Linux we have Rubyripper to try and emulate the mighty EAC.Apparently it is not quite as good as EAC; as although it does rip twice the two rips are not matched with the same level of accuracy as they are in EAC. Sample of log at bottom of pageI do not understand all the detail here; if anyone knows precisely what the differences are please share that info; i would love to know...I have also placed similar info for EAC under Wine here [since it works fine on Linux too]

TIPS TO USE RR===========

In my experience of using RR [on Ubuntu]i have found that it can be a little unresponsive from the GUI and responds excelently from command lineSo i suggest

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rrip_gui

from command line to set your settings

Then to shut down the gui

And use from terminal with

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rrip_cli

That way has always been smooth for me on Ubuntu.... it may be different on other distros.

● To change your Other command line it is alternatively also handy to go straight to the settings page

again in Ubuntu [modify for your distro]

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gedit .config/rubyripper/settings

brings up the page; find the Other line and replace with one of those below

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You will need to do this to each of the added codecs to make them executable

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sudo mv nameofcodec /usr/bin

and then make it executable

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cd /usr/bin

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sudo chmod +x nameofcodec

PS I do not link the codecs' pages here as I trust all of you will be able to find them through a search engine..

ALSO IMPORTANT for mp3hdEncoderMAke sure you have Lame installed; the encoding relies on it for the lossy part and make it executableALSO make sure you go into the terminal enter mp3hdEncoder and ACCEPT the agreement

●ogg vorbis [although this one is available without using the Other i leave it here for reference]